Social class, social status, and the pursuit of happiness

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manana Mesropian ◽  
Michael W. Kraus ◽  
Cameron Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Social Class ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Pursuit Of Happiness

Doing Bodhisattva’s Work

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 4-32
Author(s):  
Le Hoang Anh Thu
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Social Class ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Social Stratification ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
The State ◽  
Ho Chi Minh City ◽  
Class Identity ◽  
The Social

This paper explores the charitable work of Buddhist women who work as petty traders in Hồ Chí Minh City. By focusing on the social interaction between givers and recipients, it examines the traders’ class identity, their perception of social stratification, and their relationship with the state. Charitable work reveals the petty traders’ negotiations with the state and with other social groups to define their moral and social status in Vietnam’s society. These negotiations contribute to their self-identification as a moral social class and to their perception of trade as ethical labor.

Subjective social class, perceived quality of social relationships, and happiness: A case of mediation and moderation across gender

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 312-335
Author(s):  
Jae-Woo Kim ◽  
Chaeyoon Lim ◽  
Christina Falci
Keyword(s):  
Social Class ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Social Relationship ◽  
Perceived Quality ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Subjective Social Class

This study investigates the link between social relationship and subjective well-being in the context of social stratification. The authors examine how perceived quality of social relationships and subjective social class are linked to self-reported happiness among men and women in South Korea. The study finds that one’s perception of relative social standing is positively associated with happiness independently of objective indicators of socioeconomic status, while social relationship quality strongly predicts the happiness among both men and women. However, the mediation pathway and moderating effects vary by gender. For men, the nexus between subjective social class and happiness is partially mediated by the quality of interpersonal relationships. No similar mediating effect is found among women. The study also finds gender difference in whether the link between social relationship quality and happiness varies by subjective social class. The happiness return to positive social relationships increases as men’s subjective social status becomes higher, which is consistent with the resource multiplication hypothesis. No similar moderation effect is found among women. Combined, these results reveal potentially different pathways to happiness across gender in Korea, where social status competition, collectivistic culture, and patriarchal gender relations are salient in daily life.

Social Desirability Related to Social Class among Adults

1992 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 808-810 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mirja Kalliopuska
Keyword(s):  
Social Class ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Social Desirability ◽  
Intellectual Functioning ◽  
Response Style ◽  
Social Classes ◽  
Defensive Response ◽  
Academic Education ◽  
Social Desirability Scale

The hypothesis tested was that adults of higher social status complete the Crowne and Marlowe Social Desirability Scale more honestly and less defensively than adults belonging to lower social classes. 341 parents of 215 different families were tested during home interviews. The hypothesis was verified among women, but not among men. These results suggest that social status is associated with defensive response style, perhaps reflecting at the same time academic education and cognitive-intellectual functioning.

scholarly journals Impact of Social Economics in Social Development

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 43-53
Author(s):  
Wu Mai
Keyword(s):  
Social Class ◽  
Social Development ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Social Economics ◽  
Important Branch ◽  
Distinct Idea

Here, in the article, basically the society and economics how are related that will presented. Even, the nature of social economics or socioeconomics will be described here. This is an important branch of economics. Tis article contains various aspects of social economics. Some of important topics are as like social status, social class and so on. Thus by this article, we will get distinct idea about this topic.

One Risk Factor of Depression Disorder in Chinese Women

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. S455-S455
Author(s):  
Y. Zhang ◽  
L. Feihu ◽  
D. Zunxiao ◽  
S. Jianguo ◽  
W. Qiangju
Keyword(s):  
Social Class ◽  
Depressive Disorder ◽  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Psychosocial Functioning ◽  
Chinese Women ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Han Chinese ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
The World

BackgroundThe prevalence of major depressive disorder (MDD) is higher in those with the unemployed and those with low social status. Most of the available data comes from studies in developed countries, and these findings may not extrapolate to developing countries. However, the extent of unemployed status cause MDD is unclear. This study seeks to determine whether depressive disorder is associated with unemployment and to further investigate the relationship between occupation, and social class in Han Chinese women with MDD.MethodData came from Oxford and VCU Experimental Research on Genetic Epidemiology (CONVERGE) study of MDD (6017 cases, age between 30 and 60; 5983 controls, age between 40 and 60). DSM-IV depressive and anxiety disorders were assessed using the World Mental Health Composite International Diagnostic Interview. All subjects were interviewed using a computerized assessment system. All interviewers were trained by the CONVERGE team for a minimum of one week. The interview includes assessment of psychopathology, demographic and personal characteristics, and psychosocial functioning.ResultsThe odds ratio (OR) between employment and MDD is 0.69. An OR of less than one is protective. Lower social class is not associated with an increase in the number of episodes, or with increased rates of comorbidity with anxiety disorders.ConclusionThis study suggests that in Han Chinese women, employment is positive protect factor to MDD. Lower social status and unemployment increases the risk and severity of MDD. In China, lower socioeconomic position is associated with increased rates of MDD, as it is elsewhere in the world.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Social Class Perception and Social Status Among Swedish Youth

1988 ◽  
Vol 23 (1-6) ◽  
pp. 41-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bo Ekehammar ◽  
Jim Sidanius ◽  
Ingrid Nilsson
Keyword(s):  
Social Class ◽  
Social Status

scholarly journals EKSPRESI HONORIFIK DAN STATUS SOSIAL DALAM MASYARAKAT JAWA

tuahtalino ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Dwi Atmawati
Keyword(s):  
Social Class ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Lower Class ◽  
Upper Class ◽  
Class Society

Various titles and honorifics expressions in Javanese society has become particular interest for writer to analyze. The honorific expressions described in this paper include the title of nobility and greeting word in Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta. The research uses equality method to review particular lingual unit using determiner tools beyond language. Based on the data and analysis it is known that titles of the nobles are rara, gusti raden ajeng, gusti raden ayu, kanjeng pangeran harya, gusti bendara raden mas, gusti bendara raden ajeng, gusti bendara raden ayu, bendara raden mas, bendara kanjeng pangeran, bendara raden ajeng, bendara raden ayu. Where greeting word based on social class, the writer classifies it into three, upper, middle, and lower class. The greeting word on upper class society are such as papi, mami, papa/papah, mama/mamah, daddy, mom, tante, om, oma, opa, eyang, jeng. The greeting word on middle class society are such as ayah, ibu, bapak, bunda, abi, ummi, paman, bibi, mas, mbak. The greeting word on lower class society are such as pak/bapak, mbok/embok/simbok, biyung, mbakyu, pakdhe, mbokdhe, paklik, bulik. The greeting word are decreasing in number are embok/mbok/simbok dan biyung. Defining the greeting word is tightly associated to social status of the speakers.

Social class perception as a function of social status

1986 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bo Ekehammar ◽  
Ingrid Nilsson ◽  
Jim Sidanius
Keyword(s):  
Social Class ◽  
Social Status

“High” and “low” in urban Danish speech styles

2013 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lian Malai Madsen
Keyword(s):  
Social Class ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Social Power ◽  
Social Value ◽  
Speech Styles ◽  
Low Dimension

AbstractThis article approaches on-going sociolinguistic processes in Copenhagen by focusing on the overt metalinguistic activities of a group of adolescents. The article sheds light on how social power differences are refracted in the metalinsguistic activities of these adolescents in spite of the relatively homogenous (or hegemonic) sociolinguistic conditions of Danish society. In the article, I investigate how social status relations understood as cultural interpretations of societal “high” and “low” are relevant to on-going social value ascriptions to the contrasting ways of speaking labelled “integrated” and “street language.” The metalinguistic data I present points to a sociolinguistic transformation. Linguistic signs that used to be seen as related to migration, on an insider/outsider dimension of comparison, are now related to status on a high/low dimension as well. (Sociolinguistic transformation, ethnicity, social class, enregisterment, metalinguistic reflections)*

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